Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Over 5,000 job cuts across UK universities have been announced this year, with thousands more in the pipeline. But staff ...

Dubai: In a major scientific milestone, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian individual, ...

Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Ancient DNA from a remarkably preserved Egyptian skeleton has uncovered a genetic connection to Mesopotamia, suggesting early contact between two of ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

A fingerpost, covered in 12 different species of lichen, has been donated to the Natural History Museum by Exmoor National Park — but they had some trouble getting it there.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Everything seems to indicate that the Open Championship will not be returning to Trump Turnberry anytime soon.

A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...